Harsh

Famous quotes containing the word harsh:

“What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!”
—Terence (c. 190–159 B.C.)

“Old-fashioned determinism was what we may call hard determinism. It did not shrink from such words as fatality, bondage of the will, necessitation, and the like. Nowadays, we have a soft determinism which abhors harsh words, and, repudiating fatality, necessity, and even predetermination, says that its real name is freedom; for freedom is only necessity understood, and bondage to the highest is identical with true freedom.”
—William James (1842–1910)

“A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 15:1.